Very similar to Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Scotty was typically proven with a glass in his hand throughout “Star Trek.” Not that this prevented both of them from doing their duties, however each males clearly had a style for booze.
In season 2 episode “The Bother with Tribbles,” Scotty sits down with Chekov (Walter Koenig) at a bar on Deep Area Station K7. Chekov, a proud Russian, drinks vodka. Scotty denigrates Chekov’s drink as “milk” and “soda pop,” favoring Scotch as a “drink for a person.” Scotty does not want the drink to start out a bar battle with some Klingons, although; all he wants is overhearing them insulting the Enterprise.
Later in season 2, within the episode “By Any Different Title,” aliens known as the Kelvans hijack the Enterprise. The Kelvans, who hail from the Andromeda galaxy, have taken on human kind to work together with the humanoid crew of the Enterprise. Nonetheless, they’re additionally unused to the sensory experiences of being human: feelings, tastes, pleasure, and many others. The Enterprise crew handle to defeat the Kelvans by profiting from their inexperience in reining of their base impulses.
Noticing that the Kelvan Tomar (Robert Fortier) takes a liking to human meals, Scotty presents Tomar one thing to scrub his meal down with. The episode then repeatedly cuts back-and-forth to Scotty and Tomar going by means of Scotty’s complete liquor cupboard collectively. Tomar’s Kelvan structure finally provides out to Scotty’s prized possession: a 200-year-old bottle of Scotch.
No less than for now, do not rely on seeing such a scene in “Unusual New Worlds.” Notice, although, that Scotty stated he hardly drinks, not that he by no means drinks. Is there a backstory to be explored right here? Was Scotty a drinker and he had a foul expertise? Will “Unusual New Worlds” clarify how Scotty does develop into sufficient of a drinker that he retains an entire booze cupboard in his quarters? The teaser for “Unusual New Worlds” season 3 does present a scene from a future episode the place Scotty is toasting with Jim Kirk (Paul Wesley) about what staff they’re.
Or, is that this simply an inside joke for Trekkies to indicate them that this Scotty is not the one they know? Heavy ingesting is a Scottish stereotype, one which doubtlessly knowledgeable Scotty’s traditional characterization as a high-functioning alcoholic. (Doohan, whose father was an alcoholic, had first-hand expertise with the illness too.) Quinn has informed the BBC that the “Unusual New Worlds” writers desire a extra “genuine” Scottish portrayal of Scotty, and possibly a part of that’s leaning much less on stereotypes?
We’ll discover out, as “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” season 3 releases new episodes each Thursday on Paramount+.
